My dad has been bombarding me with emails about the H1N1 virus for days now, apparently he’s trying to be over-protective :P. I love my dad 😀 ! Anyway, so one of the more attractive emails he sent were posters from the WHO [World Health Organization], detailing how to protect yourself and others from contracting the virus. On June 11th, the WHO declared the virus a global pandemic, after reaching Phase 6. More than 70 countries are now reporting cases of human infection with novel H1N1 flu.

Jordan, Qatar and Yemen have reported their first cases of Swine Flu today. In Amman, two Jordanian girls arriving from the US, one 11 and the other 17, were found to be infected with the H1N1 virus, and were quarantined at a nearby hospital. Flu cases have also been found in several Gulf Arab States: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait . According to the WHO, it has infected over 37,000 people and killed 165 already..